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0. L. SAMPSON.

Rein Holder.

No. 242.225. Patented May 31,1881.

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NrTEn STATES PATENT OFFICEQ CHARLES L. SAMPSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS B. HOOPER, JR, OF SAME PLACE.

REIN-HYOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,225, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed November 19, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. SAMPSON, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rein-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, making part of this specification.

The drawing is a perspective view of the device.

A is a plate, having holes a for screws or rivets, by which it is attached to the dashboard, seat, or any other part of the vehicle where it will be within easy reach of the driver. In attaching it to the head-board or seat or side of a vehicle wood-screws may generally be used butin attaching the holderto aleather dash-board or to any thin object I prefer to rivet it to a plate on the opposite side of the board to the holder, the rivets extending through both plates;-or the means of attachment may be screws screwing into either the holder or plate aforesaid.

B is a bent bar formed in one piece with or attached to the screw or rivet plate A, and constituting the holder proper. The barB has two S-shaped portions or return-bends,b I). The portions 1) of the bar B between the return-bends and between the outer bend and the end may be straight and about parallel with each other. The bar B forms a sort of double catch, through which the reins are woven by being first passed through the space 0 and then through the space D, as indicated indottedlines. Whenthereinsarethusplaced in the holder a frictional hold will be had on the reins, which will prevent them being drawn out in the direction of their length.

I do not confine myself to any particular material for use in construction of the holder. It may properly be made of steel, iron, or brass, either fiat or round or of othersection. Neither do I confine myself to the described means of attachment to the vehicle. It may be permanently or removably attached.

I claim as my invention The rein-holder herein described, consisting of bar B, having base-plate A for attachment to the vehicle, and S-shaped portions 11 b b b, forming spaces 0 and D for threading the reins through, as shown and described.

CHARLES L. SAMPSON.

Witnesses SAML. KNIGHT, GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

